Car-stake.



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l l GAR STAKE,

APPLICATION FILED 0-GT.16, 1907. 900,930.. Patented 0@t.13,1908.

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UNITED STATES -'PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK S. INGOLDSBY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, AND JAY F. TOWNSEND, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA; SAID INGOLDSBY ASSIGNOR TO'SAID TOWNSEND.

' CAR-STAKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

p Patented Oct. 13, 1908.

Application filed October 16, 1907. Serial No. 897,707.

p Allegheny, and State of Pennsylvania, have Vinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Oar-Stakes, of which the following is a specification. 1V Y Our invention relates to improvements in metallic car-stakes and more particularly to metallic telescopic car-,stakes for flat and gondola railway-cars.

Objects of the present invention are, rto provide simple and efficient means for'securing stakes of this character to cars of the classes mentioned; to provide newand improved means for permitting the stakes, when not in use, to be closed and placed in such positions as not to interfere or be in the Way when the cars are used for purposes not requiring stakes.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates an application of our invention, Figure 1 is a central vertical sectional view of a carstake and means for securing the stake to the car-body embodying our invention; Fig. 2 a broken perspective view; and Fig. 3 a detail view of swivel-member and bearing-ring.

In the drawing, We have shown a portion of a railway flat-car body comprising a sidesill 1 and a car-floor 2 in connection with our invention. Our invention, however, is designed for use with gondola-cars and may be readily applied to cars oi this latter type. The stake proper as illustrated and as preferred is a metallic tubular telescopic stake comprising two members 3 and 4. The lower member 3 is formed with a contracted upper end portion 5 having a seat 6 for a projection 7 of the upper-member 4.

bracket 9. The lower end of stake-member 3 is externally threaded as shownat 15 for `sleeve and 20L a cotter to Secured to the side-sill 1 by means of rivets the pur ose of en agin theV internall threadedpflange of megmbeifg 11. y For securing the stake to the car-body we employ a swivel-member 16 comprising a threaded shank 17 and. a ring-portion 18.` The shank of the swivel-member extends through a hole in the side-sill and through anA apertured filler-block 19and is secured in posltion by a nut 20. 21 designates a bearingprevent said nut 65, from turning.

The ring-portion 18 of the swivel-member `surrounds the stake-member 3 and this con- .should be strong.

When not in use the stake is closed and turned into the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, the outer end of the stakemember 3 rests upon a Z-shaped bracket 22.

To close the stake and to place it in inoperative position, as shown by the dotted lines, the projection of the stake-member 4 is lifted and turned so as to permit the projection and the member 4 to enter member 3. lThen the stake-member 3 is lifted a sufficient distance to carry the projection 13 of member 11 free of bracket 9 after which the 85 member is swung longitudinally of the car on swivel-member 16, into the position shown by dotted lines or into a position substantially parallel with the floor of the car.

To prevent the stake from -dropping 9o Vthrough the ring of the swivel after the carrying-member 11 has been raised free of the sup orting-bracket 9, we provide a bolt 23.

at we claim is:

1. The combination with a car-body, of a telescopic car-stake, and a swivel-member comprising a shank and a ring-portion for securing the stake to the car-body.

2. The combination with a car-body, of a metallic telescopic stake, and a swivel-mem- 10o ber comprising a ring surrounding the stake for securing the stakey to the car-body and permitting a partial rotation thereof longitudinally of the car-body.

3. The combination with a car-body, of a metallic telesco ic car-stake, a bracket support `for the sta re, and a swivel-member for securing the stake to the car-body.

4. The combination with a car-body, of a metallic telescopic car-stake having its lower-member provided with a supportingmember, a bracket secured to the car-body on which the supporting-member rests, and a swivel-member for securing the stake to the car-body.

5. The combination with a car-body, of a telescopic car-stake, and means for securing the car-stake to the 0ar-b0dy and for permitting the stake to be turned longitudinally of tlie car from an upright position to a p0- sition substantially parallel with the floor 0i the car comprising a swivel-member and a ring surrounding the stake.

6. The combination with a car-body, of a metallic telescopic stake, and means for securing the stake to the body and vfor permitting the stake to be turned longitudinallyT of the car from an upright position to a position substantially parallel with tlie floor of the car.

7. The combination with a car, of atelescopic stake comprising a lower-member having an upper contracted portion and a second member having means `for engaging f tlie contracted portion, and means for securing the stake to the car and for permitting the stake to be turned from an upright position to a position substantially parallel with the floor of tlie car. .i

8. The combination with a car of a telescopic stake comprising a lower-nnniber having an upper contracted portion formed with a seat and a second member liaving a projection adapted to make engagement with the seat, and means for securing the stake to the car and for permitting the stake to be turned from an upright position to a position substantially parallel witli the iloor of the car.

9. The combination with a car, ol" a telesco ic car-stake comprising a lower-member an an upper-member7 and a swivel-member having a shank secured to tlie oar and a ring-portion surrounding the lower-member.

10. The combination with a car7 ol a telesco ic car-stake, a bracket-support l'or the stalie and a swivel-member for securing the stake to tlie car.

In testimony whereof we allx our signatures in presence ol two witnesses.

FRANK S. lNGOliDSBY. JAY F. .lOlVNSlCNl). Vitnesses for F. S. Ingoldsby:

ALBERT Il. BATES, Josnrn R. BOWLING. Witnesses for J. F. Townsend:

NELLIE V. ArrLnoA'rn, OSCAR TowNsEND. 

